Download Music Legally With These Online
Services
Author: Lucila Duchesne
There are mainly two kinds of music download services online.
There's the services that allow you to buy tracks you can
download and then there are subscription services that let you
listen to full tracks online in return for a monthly
subscription fee. Some do both.
Introducing http://Walmart.com
Pretty straight forward service that lets you purchase tracks
to download. Last time I checked, they were offering music
downloads for 88 cents per download and let you choose from
over 800,000 songs in their catalog. They also have a service
where they let you choose up to 20 tracks from about 500,000
songs, burn them to CD and then ship you the CD.
They are the only service in the four mentioned in this article
that allow you to view and purchase music from their catalog
without having to download some kind of player to your local
computer. All you need is Internet Explorer.
Itunes.com, the granddad of revolution
Owned by Apple, Itunes was responsible for really kicking off
the music download service industry in a big way. They were the
first ones to offer the ability to legitimately pay only 99
cents for a track.
Their music catalog includes over 2,000,000+ songs, more than
any other service, over 3000+ music videos, tv shows, 20,000+
podcasts, 16,000+ audiobooks and more. As you can see, they are
more than simply a music store but instead offer a whole range
of multimedia downloads and options.
One small drawback to their service is that you have to
download and install their player which at last count was over
34MB in size before you can use their service.
http://Walmart.com in contrast allows you to browse and
purchase music entirely from within Internet Explorer.
Napster from pirate to megastar
Napster offers you unlimited access to 1,500,000+ songs.You can
listen to an unlimited amount of music each month. You get over
50 commercial free and interactive radio stations. You can
discover what other people are listening to with easy to use
sharing features allowing you to swap songs with other Napster
members.
Napster also allows you to burn the tracks you buy to CD and
listen to them wherever you go. Napster offers a 7 day free
trial of their subscription service.
Rhapsody, Real's music juggernaut
Rhapsody is a service that is owned by Real. With Rhapsody you
get unlimited access to over 1,500,000+songs, complete music
jukebox software to manage your entire collection, and over 80
ad-free radio stations. They also allow you to create and share
your playlists (a standard feature among most online music
services.) You can even watch music videos and see pictures of
the artists from your favorite band.
Rhapsody includes a free 14-day trial of Rhapsody Unlimited. If
you don't own a credit card, they have a service they call
Rhapsody - FREE where you can listen to hours of free music
every month. Besides these subscription type services, you can
also purchase music downloads from their RealPlayer Music
Store. They have over 1,000,000 songs that are ready for
purchase.
So which service is right for you? I would suggest you give
each of them a try. All of them let you listen to short clips
of the music before buying and the subscription services have
free trials. You can't lose.
About The Author: Lucila Duchesne is the webmaster for
http://www.freemusicplus.com which is dedicated to promoting
legal, free music downloads internet wide. Reprint freely as
long as you maintain the live links in this article and
resource box.
There's the services that allow you to buy tracks you can
download and then there are subscription services that let you
listen to full tracks online in return for a monthly
subscription fee. Some do both.
Introducing http://Walmart.com
Pretty straight forward service that lets you purchase tracks
to download. Last time I checked, they were offering music
downloads for 88 cents per download and let you choose from
over 800,000 songs in their catalog. They also have a service
where they let you choose up to 20 tracks from about 500,000
songs, burn them to CD and then ship you the CD.
They are the only service in the four mentioned in this article
that allow you to view and purchase music from their catalog
without having to download some kind of player to your local
computer. All you need is Internet Explorer.
Itunes.com, the granddad of revolution
Owned by Apple, Itunes was responsible for really kicking off
the music download service industry in a big way. They were the
first ones to offer the ability to legitimately pay only 99
cents for a track.
Their music catalog includes over 2,000,000+ songs, more than
any other service, over 3000+ music videos, tv shows, 20,000+
podcasts, 16,000+ audiobooks and more. As you can see, they are
more than simply a music store but instead offer a whole range
of multimedia downloads and options.
One small drawback to their service is that you have to
download and install their player which at last count was over
34MB in size before you can use their service.
http://Walmart.com in contrast allows you to browse and
purchase music entirely from within Internet Explorer.
Napster from pirate to megastar
Napster offers you unlimited access to 1,500,000+ songs.You can
listen to an unlimited amount of music each month. You get over
50 commercial free and interactive radio stations. You can
discover what other people are listening to with easy to use
sharing features allowing you to swap songs with other Napster
members.
Napster also allows you to burn the tracks you buy to CD and
listen to them wherever you go. Napster offers a 7 day free
trial of their subscription service.
Rhapsody, Real's music juggernaut
Rhapsody is a service that is owned by Real. With Rhapsody you
get unlimited access to over 1,500,000+songs, complete music
jukebox software to manage your entire collection, and over 80
ad-free radio stations. They also allow you to create and share
your playlists (a standard feature among most online music
services.) You can even watch music videos and see pictures of
the artists from your favorite band.
Rhapsody includes a free 14-day trial of Rhapsody Unlimited. If
you don't own a credit card, they have a service they call
Rhapsody - FREE where you can listen to hours of free music
every month. Besides these subscription type services, you can
also purchase music downloads from their RealPlayer Music
Store. They have over 1,000,000 songs that are ready for
purchase.
So which service is right for you? I would suggest you give
each of them a try. All of them let you listen to short clips
of the music before buying and the subscription services have
free trials. You can't lose.
About The Author: Lucila Duchesne is the webmaster for
http://www.freemusicplus.com which is dedicated to promoting
legal, free music downloads internet wide. Reprint freely as
long as you maintain the live links in this article and
resource box.
